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The Sensorites

BOOK DETAILS

Pages

143

ISBN

0-426-20295-3

Publication date

16 July 1967

SYNOPSIS

The TARDIS materialises on board a dark and silent spaceship. As the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara penetrate the craft’s eerie gloom they come across what appear to be the bodies of two dead astronauts.

But the astronauts are far from dead, and are living in mortal fear of the Sensorites, a race of telepathic creatures from the Sense Sphere.

When the lock of the TARDIS is stolen the Doctor is forced into an uneasy alliance with the aliens. And when he arrives on the Sensorites’ planet he discovers that it is not only the humans who have cause to be afraid…

NOTES

CHAPTER TITLES

Prologue

Strangers in Space

War of Nerves

The Dreams of Avarice

The Unwilling Warriors

The Quest for Freedom

Hidden Danger

A Race Against Death

Into the Darkness

Surrounded by Enemies

A Conspiracy of Lies

The Secret of the Caves

A Desperate Venture

Epilogue

DEVIATIONS FROM THE TELEVISED STORY

Rather than have a model layout of the aqueduct, the Sensorites provide a holographic map for Susan to direct Barbara and John whilst she talks telepathically.

Whilst Ian urges Maitland to hasten cutting open to the door in order to get to BBarbara and Susan, he utters the words “For God’s sake man!”. Any words used in a family show At The time would never have been allowed.